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不屈不撓 means “Indomitable” or “Unyielding.”
不屈不撓 is a long word by Chinese standards. At least, it is often translated as a single word into English. It's actually a proverb in Chinese.
If you want to break it down, you can see that the first and third characters are the same. Both mean “not” (they work as a suffix to make a negative or opposite meaning to whatever character follows).
The second character means “bendable.”
The last means “scratched” or “bothered.”
So this really means “Won't be bent, can't be bothered.” I have also seen it written as “Will not crouch, will not submit.” This comes from the fact that the second character can mean “to crouch” and the last can mean “to submit” (as in “to give in” such as “submitting to the rule of someone else”). This may explain better why these four characters mean “indomitable.”
Notes:
Some will translate this as “indomitable spirit”; however, technically, there is no character to suggest the idea of “spirit” in this word.
Other translations include indefatigability, indomitableness, or unremitting tenacity.
The first two characters can be stand-alone words in Chinese.
In Japanese, this is considered two words (with very similar meanings). It's more common to see the word order flipped to 不撓不屈 in Japanese.
The same characters are used in old Korean Hanja. Just like in Japanese, the words are swapped to 不撓不屈 creating a word pronounced “불요불굴” in Korean.
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不屈 is the short form of a longer Chinese word and also a word used in Korean and Japanese to express the idea of being indomitable. It literally means “will not bend,” “will not crouch,” “will not yield,” “will not flinch,” or “will not submit.”
Note: Some will translate this as “indomitable spirit”; however, technically, there is no character to suggest the idea of “spirit” in this word.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
クラウチ see styles |
kurauchi クラウチ |
More info & calligraphy: Crouch |
臥 卧 see styles |
wò wo4 wo ga |
to lie; to crouch to lie down |
跁 see styles |
pá pa2 p`a pa |
to squat; crouch |
跧 see styles |
quán quan2 ch`üan chüan |
to curl up; to crouch |
蹲 see styles |
dūn dun1 tun zon つくばい |
to crouch; to squat; to stay (somewhere) stone wash basin found in Japanese gardens to crouch |
伏す see styles |
fusu ふす |
(v5s,vi) (1) (See 伏せる・3) to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to fall prostrate; (v5s,vi) (2) (See 伏して) to bend down (in submission); to bow down; to prostrate oneself; (v5s,vi) (3) to (crouch) and hide (behind); to conceal oneself; (v5s,vi) (4) (usu. as 臥す) (See 臥せる) to lie down (and sleep); to go to bed (with an illness); (transitive verb) (5) (See 伏せる・1) to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to turn over (face down); (transitive verb) (6) (See 伏せる・4) to conceal; to hide; to keep secret |
屈む see styles |
kagamu; kogomu かがむ; こごむ |
(Godan verb with "mu" ending) (kana only) to stoop; to lean over; to bend down; to crouch |
立ち see styles |
tachi たち |
(1) departure; setting off; start; (2) being used up; being consumed; being burnt out; (3) passage of time; lapse; (4) (abbreviation) (See 立ち稽古・たちげいこ) rehearsal; (5) (abbreviation) {kabuki} (See 立ち役・たちやく) leading male role; (6) (abbreviation) {sumo} (See 立ち合い・3) rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge; faceoff; (prefix) (7) verb prefix conveying emphasis and sometimes formality |
趴伏 see styles |
pā fú pa1 fu2 p`a fu pa fu |
to crouch; to lie prone |
跪伏 see styles |
guì fú gui4 fu2 kuei fu |
to crouch (of animal) |
踞う see styles |
tsukubau つくばう |
(v5u,vi) to crouch; to squat |
踞る see styles |
uzukumaru うずくまる |
(v5r,vi) (kana only) to crouch; to squat; to cower |
蹲う see styles |
tsukubau つくばう |
(v5u,vi) to crouch; to squat |
蹲む see styles |
tsukunamu つくなむ |
(v5m,vi) (obscure) to squat; to crouch |
蹲る see styles |
tsukubaru つくばる uzukumaru うずくまる |
(v5r,vi) (kana only) to crouch; to squat; to cower |
蹲下 see styles |
dūn xià dun1 xia4 tun hsia |
to squat down; to crouch |
蹲伏 see styles |
dūn fú dun1 fu2 tun fu zonpuku |
to crouch low and bend forward (esp. in hiding or in wait) to crouch |
蹲踞 see styles |
dūn jù dun1 ju4 tun chü sonkyo そんきょ |
squat; crouch (noun/participle) {sumo;MA} crouching; formal crouch performed at the beginning of a sumo or kendo match to squat on the heels |
躊む see styles |
tsukunamu つくなむ |
(v5m,vi) (obscure) to squat; to crouch |
伏する see styles |
fukusuru ふくする |
(vs-s,vi,vt) (1) to crouch; to stoop; to bend down; to prostrate oneself; to lie down; (vs-s,vi,vt) (2) to yield; to submit; to surrender; (vs-s,vi,vt) (3) to hide; to conceal oneself |
立合い see styles |
tachiai たちあい |
(sumo) rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge; face-off |
クロウチ see styles |
kurouchi / kurochi クロウチ |
(personal name) Crouch |
しゃがむ see styles |
shagamu しゃがむ |
(v5m,vi) to squat; to crouch |
立ち合い see styles |
tachiai たちあい |
(sumo) rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge; face-off |
虎踞龍盤 虎踞龙盘 see styles |
hǔ jù lóng pán hu3 ju4 long2 pan2 hu chü lung p`an hu chü lung pan |
lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain |
虎踞龍蟠 虎踞龙蟠 see styles |
hǔ jù lóng pán hu3 ju4 long2 pan2 hu chü lung p`an hu chü lung pan |
lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain |
Variations: |
kagamu(屈mu); kogomu; kugumu(屈mu)(ok) かがむ(屈む); こごむ; くぐむ(屈む)(ok) |
(v5m,vi) (1) (kana only) to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; (v5m,vi) (2) (kana only) to bend down; to crouch; to squat |
Variations: |
tsukubau つくばう |
(v5u,vi) to crouch; to squat |
Variations: |
tsukunamu つくなむ |
(v5m,vi) (rare) to squat; to crouch |
しゃがみ込む see styles |
shagamikomu しゃがみこむ |
(v5m,vi) (kana only) to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Crouch | 克勞奇 克劳奇 | kè láo qí ke4 lao2 qi2 ke lao qi kelaoqi | k`o lao ch`i kolaochi ko lao chi |
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| Crouch | クラウチ | kurauchi | ||
| Indomitable Unyielding | 不屈不撓 不屈不挠 | fu kutsu fu tou fukutsufutou fu kutsu fu to | bù qū bù náo bu4 qu1 bu4 nao2 bu qu bu nao buqubunao | pu ch`ü pu nao puchüpunao pu chü pu nao |
| Indomitable Persistence Fortitude | 不屈 | fukutsu | bù qū / bu4 qu1 / bu qu / buqu | pu ch`ü / puchü / pu chü |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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